Social Studies – Arabia and the Empire of Islam TestSalem Middle School – Mr. Jon-David Wade-Swift

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Multiple Choice Directions: Fill in the letter of the correct answer.

Section: Geography1. What are the two most important rivers in the Arabian region?

2. What is a small spring in the desert?

3. Because of the heat and limited water, what are many Arab tribes?

4. What bodies of water surrounded Arabia?

5. What was the most important city in Arabia?

Section: Society6. Most Arabic tribes are polytheistic. What does polytheistic mean?

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7. What was Mecca built around?

8.Who claims he received a message from the angel Gabriel explaining that there is only one god?

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9.What is believed by Muslim’s to be the written record of God’s words revealed to Muhammad?

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What is the Sunna?

11. Which one is an actual pillar of Islam’s five pillars?

Section: Technology12. What innovation allowed water to get to cities in Arabia from long distances?

13. What became the world center for learning during the Middle Ages?

14. Where did people travel to from all over the world to study?

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Section: Economy15. What was the Islamic Empire was the center of what trade?

16. Why did Europeans want to travel north around Arabia to get to Asia?

17. Why did traders learn the Arabic language?

18. What is a large, open-air market where many things are sold?

19. Why was traveling through the desert so dangerous?

20. How many miles across (east-west) was the empire in 750 AD?

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